Person Markham; Sir; Clements Robert (1830 - 1916) Markham Clements Robert Sir 1830 - 1916 British Male Stillingfleet, Yorkshire, England 20 July 1830 London 30/01/1916 19160130

21 Eccleston Square, London (1872)

Geography Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1844); on the Pacific Station (for 4 years); involved in a Franklin search mission (1850-1851); visited Peru (1852-1853); joined the Civil Service (1853); transferred to the Board of Control of the HEIC; Assistant Secretary to the Revenue Department, Indian Office; employed to collect cinchona trees from the Andes and to grow them in India (1860); Geographer to Napier's Abyssinian expedition (1867); left the India Office (1877); organised antarctic expeditions; died after an accident Honours: KCB 1896; CB Memberships: FGS (President 1893) Son of Rev David Frederick Markham, vicar of Stillingfleet, and his wife Catherine Frances Nannette, daughter of Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, of Nun Appleton Hall, Yorkshire; married (1857) Minna, daughter of Rev James Hamilton John Chichester Fellow 12/06/1873 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 20 Jul 1830 - 30 Jan 1916 NA7951 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/10/2025 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/19728831 6b7fd4da-264d-41f2-94ca-41da0cf55093